The First Rebel Who Changed The Entire World

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“Clean your room. Don’t touch that! Go mow the lawn. You better be studying and nothing else. You must do this assignment or you will fail.” We have all heard these commands scolding from our abecedaries and parents’ mouth at one point in life but now a days you see teenagers not caring for what they are being screamed at or better yet, screaming back at their guardians for giving orders. The man who started this rebel revolution was no different from the teenagers in the 1950’s till he started high school but once he acted out, it was unmistakable he did this on purpose. James Dean, first rebel, was known for disobeying what he was taught by peers and went against what he was told, changing the youth and history in the United States of America. He introduced the thought that sex, violence, fast cars and not listening what others ridicule his actions, is the only way to go and if you were not doing that, you were a spineless coward who was afraid to stand up for yourself. All these actions led up to James Dean making a revolution of rebels which we see today. The idea of rebel today does not have the emphasis as it did in the 1950’s because if you were to act out, they would put you in an institution to “rehabilitate you”, say you are not mentally right and blame the way you act on your guardians. The things James Dean did brought him great attention in life and on the big screen. He established that it was necessary to go against what everyone believes and go into restricted areas in society.The reason why James Dean was iconic for being a rebel was his teenage years that built his character today which he was rebellious all the way from 13 to his adulthood, his acting career since he held a great influence in the media, as well ...

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...ution of new morals and lifestyle from the shadows to the public. James Dean may have not received a lot of credit for changing the world since he lived to be only 24 years old, however, he changed the world from being narrowed minded to now broad minded to almost any subject now. Netherless, if James was here today, he would be notorious to everyone for being the first rebel.

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